Congratulations to Ben Corbett, who now joins the ranks of IDEA’s senior editors. Numbering just 10, our senior editors have contributed exceptional numbers of high-quality samples and other…
A character in David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button recounts getting struck by lightning seven times during his life. Our new Arkansas subject isn’t quite that…
Thanks to IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett, we have another great story from an Arkansas subject: Arkansas 30. This particular subject, Zeek Taylor, recounts how he and his…
The latest In a Manner of Speaking podcast from IDEA Founder and Director Paul Meier is all about Spanish and Latino/a/x culture, identity, and language. Paul’s special guest…
Our interesting collection of Arkansas subjects expands with the addition of a 69-year-old woman from Huntsville. Recorded by IDEA Associate Editor Ben Corbett, the subject recounts a possible…
Our latest Arkansas subject, our 27th from that state, tells a graphic, grisly story about a hunting trip. Specifically, he describes a detail that he considers a rite…
If you’re studying British dialects, you will like our latest subject from Yorkshire. Specifically, he’s from the city of Bradford, in West Yorkshire.
This month’s edition of Paul Meier’s In a Manner of Speaking podcast is all about Scotland: its rich dialects, accents, and languages. Paul’s guest is distinguished professor and…
Please welcome Virginia 12 and Arkansas 26. Both possess noticeable regional dialects and tell interesting stories about their youth. The Virginia subject, at the age of 92, is…
Please welcome our latest subject from the U.S. state of Arkansas. Arkansas 25 is part of Associate Editor Ben Corbett‘s project to record a subject from every county…
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